The Books

While we haven’t had a UK visit over the winter like in 2009 (le sigh), ITV2 are on the case, and will be sending a journalist over to the USA in order to interview Nina Dobrev, Ian Somerhalder and Paul Wesley, and they want to know what questions you would ask them. Now, a lot of questions get asked repeatedly, and the answers can be found in countless other interviews with the trio. We think it would be cool to think a little bit outside the box and ask questions that aren’t so easy to find the answers to with a simple Google search. This is kind of short notice, and questions need to be in by around Friday, January 7th at around 5pm (less than 24 hours, folks). So, put your thinking caps on to come up with the most interesting, intriguing and thoughtful questions your brains are capable of, and whack them in the comments here.

There’s no getting around it – the hiatus sucks. But until The Vampire Diaries returns with new episodes on January 27th, it means we all get to analyze and over-analyze what’s happened in Season 2 thus far, and speculate where the remaining 11 episodes will take us. So have a bit of fun voting on your favorite episodes, moments, and tidbits from Season 2 thus far, and let us know what you liked/didn’t like/are looking forward to in the comments!

SPOILER ALERT:If you have not yet readStefan’s Diaries: Bloodlust (or Origins) but plan to, bookmark this page and come back when you’re done to read and comment. If you, like me, have already finished or don’t plan on reading it at all, continue on!

It feels like just two days ago that I put down the first installment of Stefan’s Diaries and yet here I am. Already finished with Vol. 2 and, if at all possible, I think I read it even faster than I did Vol. 1. As teased in the first two chapters printed at the back of Vol. 1, Stefan’s Diaries, Vol. 2: Bloodlust, leaves off just days after Stefan and Damon Salvatore are murdered by their father and awaken newly undead.

TV Guide‘s Robyn Ross returns with another Vampire Diaries cast video interview and this time it’s Candice Accola analyzing Caroline Forbes and her hopes in the second half of Season 2. Check out the entire story on TVGuide.com.

Aaaaaaand our site mini-hiatus ends now. Hello there. Sorry for the (somewhat unexpected) radio silence this past week. Life happens, as the saying goes. We’ll be playing catch-up over the next few days – and tuning in to the CW at 8/7c to catch an encore of what we think will go down in the TVD history books as one of the heavyweights: Plan B. Ends up the “B” stands for “B-A-N-A-N-A-S.” But what else do you expect with this show? We salute you, Mason Lockwood; sorry you can’t see it from inside that rug…in your truck…at the bottom of that ravine. (And sorry we recycled the captioned still again. Baby steps, okay?)

Entertainment Weekly‘s Mandi Bierly caught up with Julie Plec to get an update on the search for Klaus. A few hundred actors have already read for the role and Julie says the show is getting “great” tapes from England and Australia, which may help in casting a fresh face unfamiliar to North American audiences.

They’re willing to think outside the box. “The big important elements of this character are charisma and gravitas. You’ve got to be able to be afraid of this guy, whether you’re afraid of him because he looks scary or because he’s so charming that the fact that he can snap your neck with his pinky would take you by surprise. So whether he’s an Old Word-flavored guy or new hip, contemporary, speedy kinda guy, that remains to be seen. We’ll see what actor we connect to the most.”

“Season one was incredibly taxing on me because I got a little too almost method and it got a little bit intense for me as far as affecting my personal being,” says Wesley (though obviously not literally method considering his character’s proclivities). “I’ve made a very conscientious decision to try not to take home what I do at work, which I was not really capable of at first. But I realized, this is a marathon, not a sprint, so I’m preparing myself for the long run.”

Q: Who is your own favorite witch?A: I love the witches in the “Wizard of Oz.” When I was younger I loved “Sabrina the Teenage Witch” and Willow from ” Buffy the Vampire Slayer.” They were normal witches. That’s why I like playing Bonnie. She is so absolutely normal on the outside.

Thanks to Amy on the heads up that TV Guide has finally posted their TV Guide Network special “TV’s Unforgettable Moments of 2010″ on YouTube. Vampire Diaries made their list at #11 with Damon confessing his love for Elena from the episode Rose – fast-forward to 3:23 in the video. (And, bonus, there’s a special mention of Jimmy Fallon’s Emmy opening number at #13, which included Nina Dobrev.)

Tickets for North America’s very first Vampire Diaries fan convention go on sale today, December 29th, at 12pm Eastern and 9am Pacific. The EyeCon Vampire Diaries Convention takes place in Atlanta, March 25-27, 2011, and so far has confirmed Paul Wesley and Robert Pralgo (Mayor Lockwood) as guests, with more to be announced. Tickets range from $10 to $355. To purchase your tickets during the onsale, and for more info on ticket levels and prices, make sure you’re on the Tickets page.

EyeCon’s been adding additional information about individual events happening during the convention, including the Miss Mystic Falls Pageant (including sign-up form), Friday Night Cocktail Carnival Party, Saturday Night Celebrity Banquet, and the Mystic Falls Masquerade Ball (which, it should be noted, will be of a more “adult” nature and will require adult supervision for guests under 18 years of age). Read more about all of these events on the Guests & Events page.

Follow EyeCon onFacebook and Twitter for the latest updates and celebrity guest announcements! And, in the meantime – who’s going to the big shindig?

A Visitor's Guide to Mystic Falls is an anthology of essays that brings together today’s best YA writers of the supernatural to talk about the Vampire Diaries' first season, from the characters to the storyline, the magic and the town. Edited by Red & Vee. Due October 19th.

Go deep into the heart of Mystic Falls with this episode-by-episode look at the first season of The Vampire Diaries. Love You to Death: The Unofficial Companion to The Vampire Diaries is the essential guide to the show.

Stefan’s Diaries tells the story, as depicted on The Vampire Diaries television show, of the love triangle that would change the Salvatore brothers’ lives forever. This trilogy offers new insight into the wildly popular TV series and the epic love story that turned devoted brothers into mortal enemies. The first book, Origins, is due for publication on November 2nd, 2010. Find out more...

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